Spring Maven
Spring Maven
Standard Directory Structure
POM File Structure
Project Coordinates
Project coordinates uniquely identify a project:
Where:
- Group ID: name of company, group or organization
- Artifact ID: name for the project
- Version: a specific release version
Dependency Coordinates
To add a given dependency project, we need:
- Group ID
- Artifact ID
- Optional: version (best practice to include the version)
Find Dependencies
Maven Archetypes
Archetypes are used to create new Maven projects, you can think of them as starter projects. Some archetypes are:
- For standalone projects:
maven-archetype-quickstart - For web projects:
maven-archetype-webapp
Additional Repositories
If Maven does not find some dependency in your local repository it goes to the central repository to search for it. But what if the dependency is not in the central repository. Then we have to define the repository in our pom.xml:
Private Repositories
If you want to create repositories with restricted access you can:
- Set up your own private Maven Repository in your server, that is secure with credentials: id/password
Some Maven repository manager products are:
- Archiva
- Artifactory
- Nexus
If you do not want to create your own server, there are also cloud based solutions like: